Sash of tapa cloth, Fijian masi

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Object Number 91-6-70/50769.1

Display Title Sash of tapa cloth, Fijian masi

Descriptions

Object Description Sash of tapa cloth. Sash is decorated on one side with stenciling (masi kesa) and free-hand painting in black and red-brown. Side edges have finely cut fringes. Additional description under the conservation record.

Inventory Description Tapa cloth, narrow, painted black and brown linear design, fringed sides

Classification

Tapa

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Fiji

Materials Bark, Pigment, Barkcloth

Dimensions Overall: 257 x 47 cm (101 3/16 x 18 1/2 in.)

Quantity 1

Provenance

Seller A. P. Goodwin

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
91-6-70/50769.2	Sash of tapa cloth, Fijian masi	Tapa	Fiji
91-6-70/50769.3	Tapa sash, Fijian masi	Tapa	Fiji
91-6-70/50769.5	Tapa sash, Fijian masi	Tapa	Fiji
91-6-70/50769.4	Sash of tapa cloth, Fijian masi	Tapa	Fiji
92-4-70/48378.3	Tapa cloth sash of King's daughter	Tapa	Samoa
92-4-70/48378.2	Tapa cloth sash of King's daughter	Tapa	Samoa
98-8-70/51701	Decorated tapa	Tapa	Fiji
98-8-70/51702.1	Tapa cloth	Tapa	Fiji
14-29-70/85716	Tapa cloth	Tapa	Fiji
92-4-70/48378.1	Tapa cloth with fringe, sash of King's daughter	Tapa	Samoa
11-2-70/83940	Thin white tapacloth, Masi	Tapa	Fiji
36-45-70/335	Long piece of black and white tapa cloth	Tapa	Fiji

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